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SetDisplayMode3 Method (IView)

Sets the display mode of the view.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function SetDisplayMode3( _
   ByVal UseParent As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal Mode As System.Integer, _
   ByVal Facetted As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal Edges As System.Boolean _
) As System.Boolean
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As IView
Dim UseParent As System.Boolean
Dim Mode As System.Integer
Dim Facetted As System.Boolean
Dim Edges As System.Boolean
Dim value As System.Boolean
 
value = instance.SetDisplayMode3(UseParent, Mode, Facetted, Edges)
C# 
System.bool SetDisplayMode3( 
   System.bool UseParent,
   System.int Mode,
   System.bool Facetted,
   System.bool Edges
)
C++/CLI 
System.bool SetDisplayMode3( 
&   System.bool UseParent,
&   System.int Mode,
&   System.bool Facetted,
&   System.bool Edges
) 

Parameters

UseParent

True to use the parent's setting, false to use its own local settings

Mode
Display mode of the drawing view as defined in swDisplayMode_e
Facetted
True if the geometry is displayed in draft quality, false if it is displayed in precise quality (see Remarks)
Edges
True if edges are displayed when this view is in shaded mode, false if not

Return Value

True if the setting of the display mode was successful, false if not

Example

Remarks

The contents of a drawing view can be displayed in different modes, including Wireframe, HLR (Hidden Lines Removed), and HLV (Hidden Lines Visible), and Shaded. This is what the Mode argument indicates, and these values are contained in swDisplayMode_e. To display a drawing view shaded with edges, set swDrawingsDefaultDisplayTypeHLREdgesWhenShaded to True and set Mode to swSHADED.

This enumeration also contains three other values, swFACETED_WIREFRAME, swFACETED_HIDDEN_GREY, and swFACETEDHIDDEN, which indicate faceted display of geometry. However, in this method, the Facetted argument is how faceted display is indicated, and if any of those three values are used in the Mode argument, they are treated the same as swWIREFRAME, sw_HIDDEN_GREY, and sw_HIDDEN, respectively.

To determine if...

Then use...

Edges are displayed when this view is in shaded mode

IView::GetDisplayEdgesInShadedMode

This view is displayed with faceted or precise geometry

IView::GetFacettedHlrDisplay

The display mode of this drawing view

IView::GetDisplayMode2

Although you cannot switch a drawing view from precise quality to draft quality, the geometry can still be displayed in draft quality if that is how your user preferences indicate new drawings views should be created. Once the drawing view is precise quality, whether you created it that way or changed it to that after its creation, you cannot change it to draft quality.

NOTE:  Displaying geometry precisely can increase display quality, but can decrease performance. Setting the Facetted argument to True can increase performance, but can decrease display quality.

 

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 2004 FCS, Revision Number 12.0


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